Fecha de publicación: 09/12/1997 Fuente: WIPO "royal jelly" A process for modulating the behavior of the worker bees of a rearing colony in an orphan or starter hive or in the orphan part of a hive, by incorporating a bouquet comprising one or more pheromones in the constitutive matter of the cupules, grafting of larvae in the cupules of a frame or comb enabling the larvae to be fed by the rearing colony, and placing the frame or comb in the orphan or starter hive or said orphan part of the hive in contact with the rearing colony. The invention also relates to a cupule of a comb or a frame for a starter or rearing hive, into which said cupule a bee larva may be grafted, having in its constitutive matter a bouquet comprising one or more pheromones.